THE FUN BEGINS  Revelers of the Rosas de Ouro samba school perform during the first night of the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday. AFP PHOTO
THE FUN BEGINS
Revelers of the Rosas de Ouro samba school perform during the first night of the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday. AFP PHOTO

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio’s Carnival—a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes—go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.

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